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Written question asked by David TC Davies (Conservative) on Friday, 21 October 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 October 2016. It was answered by Robert Goodwill (Conservative) on Thursday, 3 November 2016 on behalf of the Home Office.


Asylum: Children

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) male and (b) female unaccompanied children arrived in the UK seeking asylum in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

Answer

The Home Office publishes the Immigration Statistics release each quarter.

The requested information is available in table as_08, in volume 3 of the asylum data tables:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/546760/asylum3-q2-2016-tabs.ods

A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics April to June 2016, is available from:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june2016/asylum


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
49744
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Children Asylum
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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